Posted on Apr 11, 2024
More Than Music: Harry Burleigh turned spirituals into concert songs
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His grandfather was born a slave in 1835 who eventually bought his freedom for $55. He moved his family to Erie, Pennsylvania, where young Harry was born just one year after the end of the Civil War.
More Than Music: Harry Burleigh turned spirituals into concert songs
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Posted 30 d ago
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Posted 30 d ago
Prior to your share, I did not know this. Anything is possible in America if you don't have a victim mindset
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Posted 30 d ago
I never knew anything about this man... Thanks for sharing it, PO1 William "Chip" Nagel!
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